Fashion plate, from La Mode Illustreé

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. Dating from 1897, the plate illustrates two day dresses with hats. It is signed, 'I. Desgrange'.

The woman on the left is carrying a parasol. Both dresses have small 'gigot' or 'leg-of-mutton' sleeves. The bustle, which had been so popular in the previous decade, has now disappeared, resulting in a longer bodice which was often narrow on the ribcage.

Isabelle Desgrange (née Toudouze) was the daughter of Adèle Anaïs Toudouze, one of the most prolific and popular fashion plate artists of the mid-nineteenth century. Isabelle also produced plates for Le Follet, Le Monde Elégant and The Queen.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-517-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 67.102
• Date: 1861 - 1904
  1897
  
• Material: Plate, fashion
  
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• What: Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  
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• Description: One of 117 fashion plates from La Mode Illustree, showing women's and children's wear, dated 1861 - 1904
  
• References:
  • Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 160. 
  • Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 112. 
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